patrimonial en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɛtɹəˈmɐʉni.əl/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˌpætɹɪˈməʉni.əl/ (Australia)
- /ˌpætɹɪˈməʊni.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌpætɹɪˈmoʊni.əl/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
From patrimony + -al.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to patrimony.
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(not-comparable) Legally (or otherwise) inherited from one or more ancestors.
[…] Cluffe, who had had two or three sharp little visits of his patrimonial gout […]
1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:The general evolution is clear: bubbles aside, what we are witnessing is a strong comeback of private capital in the rich countries since 1970, or, to put it another way, the emergence of a new patrimonial capitalism.
2017 [2013], Thomas Piketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Belknap Press, →ISBN, page 173: